Suspilne Radio launches a new late-night jazz slot 'Kyiv Late Jazz' with host Oleksiy Kogan. Every Saturday night from 23:00 to 02:00.
Suspilne Radio (national public broadcaster) announced on 8 January 2026 the launch of a new late-night jazz slot 'Kyiv Late Jazz' from 1 February 2026. Host — Oleksiy Kogan. The programme runs every Saturday night from 23:00 to 02:00 (3 hours) on Suspilne Radio Culture frequencies. This continues Kogan's 30-year tradition on radio (his legendary programme 'Jazz in Kyiv' has aired since 1996 — see separate news about the documentary). Programme format — night acquaintance of the audience with jazz repertoire: 1) first 90 min (23:00-00:30) — classical jazz blocks (Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and others); 2) 90 min (00:30-02:00) — modern jazz block with focus on Ukrainian and Eastern European scene (Laura Marti, Dennis Adu, Pokaz Trio from PR4, PR7 materials). Each hour includes 1-2 exclusive phone interviews with jazz performers. Besides the night slot, Kogan hosts 1 more programme at Suspilne Radio — 'Jazz Standards' (Wednesdays from 14:00 to 16:00, since 2014). Total duration of his weekly airtime — 5 hours (3 nights + 2 daytime). Suspilne budget has a separate fund (250 thousand UAH per quarter) for fees to invited performers for night interviews. All programmes will be available as podcasts on Spotify and Suspilne Audio platform 24 hours after broadcast.
